The Sessions

A: DevOps and the cloud

DevOps and cloud go hand-in-hand, enabling application deployment and automation. Will DevOps be the key to enterprise cloud? And what new challenges do operating in the cloud present? [Hosted by Allan Fenwick]

B: Container lifecycle management

There’s a lot of talk about containerisation – but how does this fit in with larger DevOps adoption? What are the capabilities and characteristics? What is container lifecycle management? [Hosted by Lorenzo Bolla]

C: How do microservices impactDevOps?

Microservices are changing not only how organisations release new applications, but application architectures. How do microservices impact DevOps? How can enterprises benefit? [Hosted by Victor Laurel]

D: Succeeding with continuous delivery and continuous integration

How to implement DevOps with Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing and Continuous Delivery? How can you best apply lean thinking into your organisation and give value to the end customer? How can you create an automated deployment pipeline? [Hosted by Shamim Mirzai]

E: What are the security concerns with DevOps?

Today, security is still often forgotten when people talk about DevOps, yet it shouldn’t be. How can DevOps help you embrace a more secure way of working? What are the security-related topics and expectations that can be addressed when planning and changing your process to accommodate DevOps practices? [Hosted by Omer Sen]

F: What DevOps monitoring means and how can it be effectively applied?

How does DevOps really affect monitoring strategy, and is DevOps even needed for monitoring? Can we use DevOps-style tooling to monitor our builds, resources, and performance? What benefits can be achieved from proactive monitoring? [Hosted by Gabriel Cismondi]

G: Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Adopting DevOps is more of a culture shift than tooling strategy. How can heads of transformation and IT mitigate any ‘culture shocks’? How can you inspire your teams to collaborate, communicate and deliver a shared vision and common goals across teams and team members? [Hosted by Carlo Beschi]

H: Automated testing and DevOps

How can DevOps improve software quality and speed up release cycles? How is automation enabling the shift to DevOps in the first place? Is the role of traditional testers removed? [Hosted by Paul Taylor]

I: DevOps at scale

How do you act like a startup – agile, energetic and creative – at enterprise scale? How can DevOps close this gap and build enterprise competency for delivering continuous innovation? [Hosted by Andrew Meyer]

J: ChatOps to improve team collaboration

How important is fast, effective communication during the software development lifecycle? What if you could improve how your team communicates and improve efficiency at the same time? How can ChatOps improve team collaboration? [Hosted by Aubrey Stearn]

K: How to manage the DevOps tool jungle

Organisations today must navigate a large DevOps tool landscape, from large vendors including DevOps tools in their cloud or virtualisation packages to a growing number of open source offerings. How can you balancing tool delegation and tool management? What are the financial arguments for investing in a DevOps toolkit? [Hosted by Ian Humphreys]

L: Combatting technical debt

Technical debt is often cited as a reason to invest in DevOps. What does your “tech debt repayment model” look like and how can shifting to DevOps help? How do you pay down your debt and not accumulate new debts in the future? How can you enable the people building and running the software to have a fuller understanding of all the places technical debt can live? [Hosted by Tolga Ingenc]